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82
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82
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82
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81
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80
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45
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28
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22
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Releasing
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language, drug references and brief comic violence
Starring
Will Ferrell,
John C. Reilly,
Sacha Baron Cohen,
Gary Cole,
Michael Clarke Duncan,
Leslie Bibb,
and
Amy Adams
The team behind "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" turns their focus to the world of NASCAR.
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Will Ferrell
Adam McKay
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Adam McKay
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 12, 2006
Theatrical: August 4, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
107 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It is Ferrell's best movie and the summer's funniest comedy so far.

83
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Will Ferrell does chicken-fried comedy right: with crackpot discipline and stripped-to-the-beer-belly courage.

80
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Talladega Nights may be brash, unbridled, even unhinged, but its cornpone humor is rich in parody, and its craftsmanship is superb -- smart writing, shrewd direction, precisely calibrated performances (whether the calibration calls for delicacy or broad-gauge burlesque), inventive language, inspired silliness and all-but-flawless timing.
80
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
Not just the funniest but the smartest comedy around by a mile.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Reilly can play nuts, too, and in a lower gear that reins Ferrell in. They're a great team.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
The British star of "Ali G" fame plays Ricky Bobby's arch-nemesis. His name: Jean Girard. His provenance: France. His sponsor: Perrier. Speaking through a set of nasty-looking, tightly clenched teeth in the faux-est of faux French accents, Cohen is hilarious.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Like "Anchorman," the secret to the inspired absurdity of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is in the improv.

75
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
We are treated to the riotous, almost David Lynchian moment in which Ferrell runs around a motorway in his undies screaming that he's on fire. He's not. Actually, come to think of it: He is.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
This is a decidedly blue-state take on a red-state phenomenon.

75
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
The races are scorchingly shot, and they lend the movie a zest.

75
New York Post
Kyle Smith
For the first half-hour or so, this thing works like white lightning.

75
TV Guide
Angel Cohn
Those who appreciate Ferrell's sense of humor will be utterly entertained by his efforts to kick it into high gear.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Unlike many other purveyors of hip comedy, they're consistently clever without being contemptuous of their audience.

70
Slate
Dana Stevens
As good as a summer comedy about NASCAR has any right to be, with fine actors tucked into every nook and cranny.

70
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
An affable entertainment, both a celebration and a satire of lowbrow pleasures.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A bit of a mess, but it is a genial mess, and one that will make you laugh. Which is the whole idea.

70
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
As a cultural artifact, Talladega Nights is both completely phony and, therefore, utterly authentic. Or, to put it differently: this movie is the real thing. It's finger lickin' good. It's eatin' good in the neighborhood. It's the King of Beers. It's Wonder Bread.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
From its pitch-perfect title through just about every detail, this sendup of sports-triumph movies maintains the right parodic pitch, if not always the highest mph on the laugh speedometer.

70
Variety
Robert Koehler
Simultaneously teasing and loving a subject doesn't make for easy comedy, but writer-star Will Ferrell and director/co-writer Adam McKay pull it off with good-ol'-boy good nature in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

70
Village Voice
Robert Wilonsky
Ferrell reminds the audience of why he matters: because he's the loudest, driest, and most fearless comic actor working.

67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Noel Murray
When the crazy comes, it's pretty good crazy. Ferrell is in full-on brazen redneck mode, doing a variation on his "Saturday Night Live" George W. Bush impression.

67
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Silly, inconsistent, and completely frivolous, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby also happens to be one of the funniest movies this side of 2006.

67
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
When Cohen and Ferrell are eyeing each other, you never saw a loopier pair.

63
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
The laughs come and go, but Ferrell makes NASCAR his bitch funny. Funnier. And more fun. And then the fun skids to a stop. You know how it goes: Plot gets in the way.

63
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Ferrell's shtick never grows tiresome, because it's constantly changing.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Mainly, though, it's the performers who are having the last laugh.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
They've interspersed laugh-out-loud segments with dry, repetitive material.

50
Washington Post
Teresa Wiltz
Comedy, of course, is a complicated dance between rhythm and timing, but Talladega Nights drags where it should be crackling and popping.

50
Premiere
Nicole Schmuelian
So if you like Ferrell or Cohen, go ahead buy some popcorn, check your brain at the door, and you will laugh.

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Lacks the guts of genuine satire.

50
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
You laugh a few times but, in the end, you wonder why you bothered.

40
Empire
Dan Jolin
On the Ferrellometer, Talladega Nights sits just above "Kicking & Screaming," when it should be redlining it up there with "Anchorman."

40
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
Monotonous. For while it offers a few precious laughs, Talladega Nights simply apes the look and feel of most recent Ferrell movies.


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